Leo Frank Case: Chapter 9 Of 22 - Inside Story of Georgia's Greatest Murder Mystery

⁣The words persecution and prejudice characterized Frank's trial. It is revealed that Attorney General Hugh M. Dorsey hired a private investigator to independently investigate the tragedy and was convinced Frank was guilty. The town detectives and friends of the defendant were also convinced of Frank's innocence. Town detectives are adamant that Frank is the culprit, but he said he was open to a conviction and would follow through on any leads. Rumor has it that a girl overheard them talking on a street corner and said that they had met Mary and had been waiting outside the factory while she went to pick up her salary from Frank.

Investigators eventually located the woman in question and found she had been to the factory the Saturday before the tragedy involving the girl, where she died a week later. Colonel Thomas née Felder, a prominent Atlanta attorney, was hired by residents of Bellwood, Georgia to find and prosecute a girl murderer. He said the killer was Leo M. But Frank said to the Georgians they need to hire detectives who can solve the mystery and secure enough evidence to convict Frank if he is guilty, convict another man if Frank is innocent. said there was a need. Felder was a personal friend of William J. Burns and intended to get Burns to come to Atlanta and join the search for Factory Girl Slayer if the public donated to the fund.

Subscribers quickly grew, and Special Counsel C.W. Toby has come to Atlanta to clear a dead end and smooth his way to a famous boss. Shortly after his arrival, Toby gave an interview, stating that his theory of crime was exactly the same as the theory held by the town detectives at the time. For about a week, Felder and the Burns family were prime candidates for the investigation.

A New Yorker at the time, Flack frequently claimed, whether guilty or innocent, that a large corruption fund had been set up to save Frank. It has also been suggested that Felder and the Burns family were actually hired by Frank's friends to protect him. The suspicions of the town's detectives culminated in a dictation by the investigator and Chief of Rumford's clerk to Colonel Felder. On May 23rd, the Atlanta Journal sensationalized the famous dictator and devoted an entire front page to this scoop. Secretary Ranford accused Colonel Felder of bribing CG.

Organists are alleged to have stolen certain affidavits and documents in the Phagan case in February. Dictatorship records show Felder was negotiating the purchase of certain affidavits that were to be submitted to the city's Criminal Investigation Department, alleging that the boss and some of his members had engaged in corruption as proved. The Felder and Ranford Controversy was between the two main characters of Phagan's crime novels, Felder and Ranford. The exposure of the dictator caused a violent altercation between Felder and Ranford, but the sheriff's deputies prevented the actual altercation. A grand jury investigation into the high-profile dictator case, in which Felder was indicted for defaming Ranford, who was also charged with publicly attacking Felder, raised public awareness of the crime. , Rumors of an invisible hand at work spread further and are difficult to dispel. A war of words reached a climax, and the town detectives followed the Burnsmen's meal.

⁣On Friday, May 23, a Fulton County grand jury considered a bill to indict Frank for murder. The witnesses heard on the first day of the session were Dr. J. W. Hart, LS. Dobbs, Sergeant P. Barrett, Detective J.N. Starnes and W. W. Rogers. Despite hundreds declaring that Frank would never be found guilty, the actual bill was introduced during the second day of deliberations. Key witnesses from the second session included Harry Scott, the Pinkerton family, and Miss Montene Stover. The girl told the grand jury that when she went to pick up her paycheck on Saturday, April 26, she entered Superintendent Frank's office at exactly 12:00 pm. At 10pm she waited for 5 minutes without seeing Frank or office staff.

Shortly after she discovered Montine Stover, Harry Scott of the Pinkertons and John Black of the City Police visited Frank in the Tower, and she left her office between noon and 12:50 p.m. I asked if it came out. Frank The girl's testimony, which came in just as the state claimed Frank had returned to her metal room and strangled Mary Phagan's body, was considered very important by the attorney. Monte Stover's story was considered conclusive, speaking of Frank's repeated allegations that Scott followed her to her witness stand and did not leave her office within her stipulated period. When the grand jury remanded her truthful account. Five Jews participated in the grand jury, an unusual number for Fulton County, and there were many rumors that the indictment would be blocked before the indictment was returned. But even if one vote was cast against the bill, that fact would not be made public because each lawmaker would sign the indictment.